Statistical Terms Glossary

Transport of a complete goods road motor vehicle or a trailer, by another mode of transport (for example by sea or rail), not accompanied by a driver.

Transport which is not for hire or reward.

The purpose of a journey is the main reason for a journey. Travel purposes are: Professional/business purpose: business in course of work, trade, employee business, education as part of a position, commuting to a workplace so far away that a place to stay at the destination is needed. Private purpose: all purposes that are not professional.

Travel time: the time spent travelling from the moment of departure from one activity to the moment of arrival at the new activity. The travel time includes the time spent waiting between two consecutive stages. Duration of a journey: the number of nights spent from leaving home until returning home.

It is the accident that is recorded in the base records after the traffic plan has been made by the traffic man . A Lawsuit is organized and referred to the court .

The distance travelled by a plane from one airport to another and from one country to another

Number of kilometres crossed with charge (paid) / volume of goods trans ported by change (paid)

Number of trip kilometres travelled (paid) / Number of passengers (paid)

Transport average wage per passenger / trip average length of passengers trans port (paid) .

Passenger road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver), which is connected to electric conductors and which is not rail-borne.

A motor vehicle designed for another purpose than passenger transport, its height is more than 250 cm, and described in its license as a truck.

Powered vessel developing not less than 37 kW and designed for the towing of dumb barges, pushed-towed barges, and rafts, but not for the carriage of goods.

The naval unit used to anchor or pull ship to the dock.

Total amount invoiced by a railway enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties. Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-à-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to the customers. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.

Total amount invoiced by the railway enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-a-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to the customers. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.
Turnover does not include sales of fixed assets. Operation subsidies received from public authorities are also excluded.

Total amount invoiced by the inland waterways transport (IWT) enterprise during the period under review. This total corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-a-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to customers. Reductions in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.

Total amount invoiced by the oil pipeline transport enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.

Total amount invoiced by the road transport enterprise during the period under review. This corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-a-vis its customer. It also includes all other charges ascribed to the customer. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts.

Total amount invoiced by the sea transport enterprise during the period under review. This total corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Turnover includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the enterprise with the exception of VAT invoiced by the unit vis-à-vis its customers. It also includes all other charges to customers. Reductions in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of returned packing must be deducted, but not cash discounts for prompt payments.

Standard unit for counting containers of various capacities and for describing the capacities of container ships or terminals. One 20 Foot ISO container equals 1 TEU.
One 40 Foot ISO container equals two TEU.

As reported by the police or other authorities. A residual category covering cases where daylight conditions were very poor or where no information on light conditions was available.

Classification of goods road vehicles by type of their superstructures as follows:
- Ordinary open box:
• With cover;
• Flat;
- Tipper;
- Tanker:
• Solid bulk;
• Liquid bulk;
- Temperature controlled box;
- Other closed box;
- Skeletal container and swap-body transporter;
- Livestock transporter;
- Others.

Freight cargo can be classified in terms of both the design of the vessel itself and the handling equipment required at ports and on the vessel. The principal categories are:
- Liquid bulk;
- Dry bulk;
- Containers;
- Roll-on/Roll-off (self-propelled);
- Roll-on/Roll-off (non-self-propelled);
- Other general cargo.

Cargo transported by railway and road may be classified according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe–Codes for Passengers, Types of Cargo, Packages and Packaging Materials (Recommendation 21, 1986-Revision 11, 2020). The cargo classes are:
- Liquid bulk;
- Solid bulk;
- Large freight container;
- Other freight container;
- Palletized goods;
- Pre-slung goods;
- Mobile, self-propelled units;
- Other mobile units;
- Other cargo types.

Goods in transport may be classified according to the UNECE – Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials, Recommendation 21, Geneva March 1986. The cargo classes are: Liquid bulk; Solid bulk; Large freight container; Other freight container; Palletised goods; Pre-slung goods; Mobile, self-propelled units; Other mobile units; and Other cargo types.

The main categories are:
-- Full train load: Any consignment comprising one or several wagon loads transported at the same time by the same sender at the same station and forwarded with no change in train composition to the address of the same consignee at the same destination station;
-- Full wagon load: Any consignment of goods for which the exclusive use of a wagon is required whether the loading capacity is utilized or not;
-- Smalls: Any consignment for which it is neither necessary nor required that a wagon be used exclusively.

The main types of containers, as defined by ISO Standards Handbook on Freight Containers are:
1. General purpose containers;
2. Specific purpose containers.
- closed ventilated container;
- open top container;
- platform based container open sided;
- platform based container open sided with complete superstructure;
- platform based container open sided with incomplete superstructure and fixed ends;
- platform based container open sided with incomplete superstructure and folding ends;
- platform (container);
3. Specific cargo containers;
- thermal container;
- insulated container;
- refrigerated container - (expendable refrigerant);
- mechanically refrigerated container;
- heated container;
- refrigerated and heated container;
- tank container;
- dry bulk container;
- named cargo container (such as automobile, livestock and others); and,
- air mode container.

The main categories of costs being considered are:
-- Labour costs
Including wages and salaries of active staff, pensions, various social charges etc.
-- Material and service costs
Including purchase of other material and services provided by third parties but excludes energy consumption costs for traction purposes.
-- Energy consumption costs
Including amounts allocated for the quantity of energy for traction purposes.
-- Taxes
-- Financial charges
-- Other costs
Including amounts allocated to depreciation and provisions etc.

The main categories of costs are:
-- Labour costs
Including wages and salaries of active staff, pensions, various social charges, etc.
-- Material and service costs
Including purchases of Other Material and services supplied by third parties, but excludes energy consumption cost.
-- energy consumption costs
-- Taxes
-- Financial charges
-- Other costs
Including amounts allocated to depreciation and provisions, etc.

The main categories of costs being considered are:
-- Labour costs
Including wages and salaries of active staff, pensions, various social charges, etc.
-- Material and service costs
Including purchase of other material and services provided by third parties, but excludes energy consumption costs.
-- Energy consumption costs
-- Taxes
-- Financial charges-- Other costs
Including amounts allocated to depreciation and provisions, etc.